Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)

It was difficult to have some people speaking catalan and some spanish, but it made everything that more interesting

I didnt have much problems however the start was quite hard-but with the flow of time it has improved significently

It isn't the right place to learn spanish, but with a little effort you end by learning both catalan and spanish

Some courses are taught in Catalan, wich is kind of a bummer. It's not that easy to learn that language, so try to choose courses in Spanish. You don't need to learn Catalan, thought there's many free courses in the university. in language courses you'll meet many erasmus students, try to take advantage of that

Generally people were friendly towards foreigners that didnt speak Spanish, and did their best to assist.

It is very important to meet locals and not to hang around with people who speak your mother tongue or English. In Bcn it is quite difficult because many pèeople speak Catalan and the University doesn't care about foreign students who doesnt speak Catalan. So it can be quite difficult in some areas of study to find courses in Castillano. It is recommended to speak at least some Spanish before going to BCN. This was may a very big mistake of mine!